/lit/ - Literature

>>14904281
If you can speed read through a whole book and still retain it, it wasn't worth reading.

>>14904281
https://www.readinglength.com/book/isbn-0198245971 bullshit

>>14904290
this is wrong for non-fiction

>>14904292
What is?

>>14904281
it depends on what kind of book
if it's a "thriller" i just skimm it
if it's philosophy i take notes, which take time

>>14904281
Pretty tough question, honestly. Whenever I go slowly through a book I get worried that I'm too distracted and not spending enough time with it. Whenever my progress is too good, I worry that I'm not retaining. I guess I don't care too much about my speed, just that I want to finish the books I'm on so I can start new ones sooner.

>>14904299
PoS taking less time than a HP book

>>14904290
>>14904292
>>14904297
>>14904302
>>14904303
Do you usually subvocalize? I usually try not to but end up voicing the characters anyway as if I was acting.

>>14904310
The website only takes into account how many words a book has.

>>14904281
what i do is this: set an alarm for every hour you plan on spending reading. then, divide the amount (in pages) you want to read in this time by the number of hours you're reading for. the result is how many pages you should read within an hour. if the alarm goes off and you're behind on the pagecount, start speedreading. if you get to the next unit of pages before the corresponding alarm, read slowly and carefully. otherwise read at a medium pace (not fast but don't get hung up on re-reading sentences)
i've had many classes with continental professors and i had to develop this method to survive. otherwise i would never finish some of those reading assignments on time without skimming too much

>>14904281
when i read i dislike reading too slowly or else i forget what ive just read
but i'm quite the retard so i have to re read things for meaning anyway
not too slow, but not too fast either i guess

>>14904281
Reading speed only really matters when it is being tested or is an important ability in a standardized test. I remember when I took my ACT for the first time I didn't finish 1/4 of every section except the grammar and spelling part because of my slower than average reading speed. I ended up getting a 28 on it because of it. It's kind of a bummer in that regard but I never really found myself bothered by it in any other scenario, like reading at home in my free time.

>>14904324
not always, i try to avoid it.
but sometimes reading at ould helps

>>14904328
it would be good if it had some way of taking into account vocab/density. i realize this would be near impossible though

>>14904324
i find myself unable to not subvocalize most of the time. when i succeed i do it subconsciously without realizing it, but i seem to never be able to prevent it on purpose

I only read aloud and I can’t speak super quickly

>>14904363
>>14904372
I don’t think this is necessary a bad thing though. It must help with comprehension, as well as help retain what you’ve just read. Also I’m sure you’ll have an easier time remembering a new word if you tried to pronounce it instead of just looking at it.

>>14904395
Why? Are you one of those people who don’t have an inner voice?

https://www.readinglength.com/wpm/tpodg
Post your results bros. Don’t try to read the text as fast as possible though, just read it at the same speed you normally do.

>>14904413
229

>>14904281

Lmao I read this HP book in a few hours during one afternoon when I was 12, what's with the 17 hours average

>>14904281
I read out loud just like my ancestors :)

>>14904513
Of course you did Almost 900 pages is nothing for anon

>>14904413
97

I always take time to simulate everything. Just in the first sentence there are several smells and I took a pause at each to make sure I got a good whiff. I also subvocalize everything and do so at the appropriate tempo. And while there were a few excited sentences from Lord Henry that I read quickly, most of the prose has a slowness to it. I also always read everything twice. Once to construct all the senses and elements of a scene and another to experience the scene with less dreamlike fluctuations. For example when Basil was introduced I initially imagined him as an old man with a grey Hippocratic wreath but he metamorphosized into a younger man with dark hair when Lord Henry described his appearance.

I don't see the appeal of reading fast. most of my enjoyment from reading comes from immersing myself in it. And I know a few people who often say they have to reread a book because they've largely forgotten it and all I can think is why didn't they read it right the first time.

>>14904357
Sub 30 plebbian. I can't believe the average is 24. I'm a dumbass, I graduated with a 2.3; but I scored a 34 and I didn't even know the test was going on. Pretty much my only academic accomplishment.

>>14904413
280, without rushing.

>>14904723
Based anon

subvocalizing is a good thing, brainlets

>>14904413
364

>>14904413
551 if rushing
520 at my normal reading speed

>>14906228
Why

>>14904281
Depends on what I'm reading.

>>14906352
>520 at my normal reading speed
let me guess, you also scored 99,999 words in that vocabulary test we took the other day?

Does you reading speed increase over time?
I only just started reading regularly again in December/January after years of only reading an average of 3 books per year.
My reading is still very slow. Will it get faster? Does it depend a lot on the book itself?

>>14904413
169

>>14906783
>Does you reading speed increase over time?
of course it does, but why would you care about that anyway? do you have deadlines for when you need to finish a certain book or what?

>>14907666
I have a wandering eye when it comes to books.
I get halfway through one, and want to start the next one immediately.

If I could read faster, I would be able to read more.

Harry Potter and the Hello of the Based Department

>>14904281
>GOTTA READ FAST
>GET MEANING OR DIE TRYING
>READ FAST DIE YOUNG
>MOAR LETTERS FOR LESS TIME
Americans, ever busy-busy-busy, why the fuck did you even appear. For what.
Read at whatever pace is comfortable.

>>14907860
>Americans
What does that have to do with Americans?

How absolutely curious that posters on this site seem more concerned with reading quickly than profoundly.

>>14904413
Moderate - 427
Hard - 407

I admit I did feel I was rushing slightly but I do not think the results are far off the mark.

How quickly I read depends on my desire to retain what I'm reading. If I'm reading for pleasure I will read quickly, If I'm reading to study I will read slowly.

It doesn't matter either way but it was interesting to test myself.

>>14904281
I dunno dude, I guess at my own pace?

>Open book
>Read first paragraph
>Engage brain movie.mp4
>Wait the book is over already?
>Now I'm hungry what's for dinner.

>>14907875
Yeah everyone knows Americans can't read, that's why everything needs to be made into a film or TV series.

>>14908044
imagine spoiling the book literally in the first sentence

>>14906228
why did you call us brainlets but didn't explain why subvocalizing is good?

>>14904413
254, i'm ESL but had read this book in english 2 years ago

>>14908137
I'm an ESL as well, so I don't think I should be the one correcting you, but I've always appreciated other people helping me improve my English, so here it is,
you want to use part simple in your sentence because of "2 years ago"

>>14904413
314 with one or two backtracks, I find myself backtracking decently often and I suspect it’s the reason for my preference of physical books over e-readers. Thanks for the cool test anon

>>14904723
Nice

>>14908310
>I find myself backtracking decently often and I suspect it’s the reason for my preference of physical books over e-readers.
Do you find it faster to turn physical pages, or why do you prefer "real" books for backtracking?

>>14908381
I think it’s because I find it easier to note certain passages in a physical place when compared to always having them on the same slate of plastic. I find not having to flip the pages can be almost disorientating and that effect bleeds over into my appreciation of the book/article. You also can’t freehand notes on an ereader

>>14909112
Yeah, I see what you mean. My kindle’s been very helpful though with all those features helping ESLs like me read more comfortably in English. Being able to just press on the word and see its definition is priceless, and don’t even get me started on the word wise feature that gives you a more simple equivalent or a short definition above a challenging word making reading even books that are currently out of my league as comfy as it can get with those right now.

>>14904281
My reading speed is dependent on what type of book I'm reading. I read philisophical texts and dense books slowly, so I actually grasp and therefore remember what I've read.

>>14904413
195 but I'm a little high

>>14904413
541 on moderate

I average about 85 pages an hour, more for easy fiction, around 70 for theology and philosophy

>>14910647
>541 on moderate
That’s almost twice as fast as I read. Are you always able to comprehend what you’re reading or do you often end up missing some minor details? Did you do anything to improve your reading speed? I suppose you don’t subvocalize too?

>>14906539
>>14908083
Better comprehension and information retention.

>>14904754
Essentially this. I studied by searching up "ACT tips" the night before and got a 31. I would've scored higher but I forgot a calculator and ran out of time on the math portion.

>>14904413
513 when making sure I didn't rush.

>>14908044
> >Engage brain movie.mp4

What do you do with non-fiction though?

>>14911553
Not him but did 513. I find that I can comprehend fairly well. I recognized the details and the overarching narrative. I've always read throughout my life, and I was made to summarize what I read by my dad as a kid. He would give me a blank check to buy the books I wanted as long as I understood what I read.

>>14904552
>>14904513
Unironically the same though. I can't imagine taking 17 hours to read this. I remember having a competition with a Mormon kid in 4th grade, we started in the morning and we had both finished later that afternoon.

>>14904281
if its fiction i read at whatever speed comes naturally, as for non-fiction i read until i more or less 'get' it, within a segment.

>>14913318
>when I was a kid
>9999999 years ago
>of course I remember how many hours it took me to finish the book

>>14913359
>remember hours
>I just said I remember starting in the morning and ending in the evening
Ok retard.

>>14911553
You know how people claim to have read at a ‘college level’ when they were in 5th grade? I Unironically could. I’ve read obsessively my whole life, and I have a very good memory, so I for sure retain everything I read. I just gradually stopped subvocalizing over time, I never made a conscious effort. And if I read something particularly profound I slow way down.

>>14904324
>>14904363
Is this a bad thing? Why avoid it?

>>14913428
I'm in the same boat. I never subvocalized, and didn't realize this is something people did.